What album are you listening to v.8

[wolfking]

You're a power metal fan, I know you've seen way worse.

I'll give you that, but at least it's power metal, you expect goofy ass covers.  Lost Horizon scoffs at this cover I know but this just makes me laugh.  I'll have to check these guys out to see what kind of music this is.  I'm intrigued. 

[Glasser]

[LithoJazzoSphere]

You're a power metal fan, I know you've seen way worse.

I'll give you that, but at least it's power metal, you expect goofy ass covers.  Lost Horizon scoffs at this cover I know but this just makes me laugh.  I'll have to check these guys out to see what kind of music this is.  I'm intrigued. 

It's poppy symphonic metal, so I doubt you'll be crazy about it.  It's heavier and with above-average guitar playing for the style, but it's still probably not going to be in your wheelhouse.  The genre has plenty of other cringey covers as well, so I don't think too much about them.  If you want to listen to a single song check out "Unstoppable".  If that one doesn't do anything for you I doubt most of the rest will. 

[wolfking]

Poppy symphonic metal with those masks? Never would have picked that.  I'll check that song tonight regardless.

[ReaperKK]

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing

[NoseofNicko]

Probably their worst but still pretty good.

[wolfking]

You're a power metal fan, I know you've seen way worse.

I'll give you that, but at least it's power metal, you expect goofy ass covers.  Lost Horizon scoffs at this cover I know but this just makes me laugh.  I'll have to check these guys out to see what kind of music this is.  I'm intrigued. 

It's poppy symphonic metal, so I doubt you'll be crazy about it.  It's heavier and with above-average guitar playing for the style, but it's still probably not going to be in your wheelhouse.  The genre has plenty of other cringey covers as well, so I don't think too much about them.  If you want to listen to a single song check out "Unstoppable".  If that one doesn't do anything for you I doubt most of the rest will.

Yeah, nah, that song was shite.  They should be signed to Frontiers.  This style of music with those masks is even more bizarre.

[ReaperKK]

The Police - Regatta de Blanc

[Sacul]

This could be the most ridiculous album cover I've ever seen.

A friend has a music review page, and has shown us some uuhhhh interesting stuff to say the least

[Bluefish]

[hefdaddy42]

100 gecs - 1000 gecs

[hefdaddy42]

Billy Joel - Glass Houses

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Yeah, nah, that song was shite.  They should be signed to Frontiers.  This style of music with those masks is even more bizarre.

Yeah, unfortunately that's about what I figured you'd think.  Napalm Records has plenty of similar artists though, so I think they're fine there.  What did you think it was going to sound like based on the cover? 

[Glasser]

Images&Words younger sibling. Yes, this album is that good IMO.

[Bluefish]

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

This album is turning out to be quite the beast of an album. Not an instant hit for me but a grower and those albums are usually the ones that stick with you the longest.

[jammindude]

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

I picked it up cheap because it’s literally the most critically praised and popular jazz album in history. After one spin, I’m not sure I get it. So I watched a video on what “modal jazz” is in hopes I could understand what was happening a little more. I’m going to try a few more spins because after watching that video I find the idea of modal jazz interesting. I’m going to see if I can pick up what they’re talking about on the next couple of spins.

[wolfking]

Yeah, nah, that song was shite.  They should be signed to Frontiers.  This style of music with those masks is even more bizarre.

Yeah, unfortunately that's about what I figured you'd think.  Napalm Records has plenty of similar artists though, so I think they're fine there.  What did you think it was going to sound like based on the cover?

Honestly, not too sure, I think that's why I checked it out.  Maybe more of a modern alternate Disturbed kind of sound with female vocals perhaps.

[wolfking]

This album is turning out to be quite the beast of an album. Not an instant hit for me but a grower and those albums are usually the ones that stick with you the longest.

Agree.  Fantastic album.

[Glasser]

I love early Priest! I had this on cassette as a kid. 

[HOF]

Not sure if I like it as much as the debut yet, but on first listen it sounds pretty good.

[twosuitsluke]

Finally getting round to this. Never has it been more apt for a band to have 'ripper' in their name 

[hefdaddy42]

Nickel Creek - Celebrants

[ReaperKK]

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

[hefdaddy42]

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (Live at Wembley 1974) [2023 Master]

[ReaperKK]

Rush - Rush

[Grappler]

Strapping Young Lad - City
Strapping Young Lad - Alien

Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine

Redemption - I Am The Storm

Kamelot - The Awakening
Kamelot - The Black Halo
Kamelot - Ghost Opera

Brainstorm - Wall of Skulls
Brainstorm - Midnight Ghost
Brainistorm - Soul Temptation

Kings of Thrash - Live at the Whisky

Dismember - Like an Everflowing Stream

[hefdaddy42]

Superchunk - What a Time to be Alive

[Sacul]

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

I picked it up cheap because it’s literally the most critically praised and popular jazz album in history. After one spin, I’m not sure I get it. So I watched a video on what “modal jazz” is in hopes I could understand what was happening a little more. I’m going to try a few more spins because after watching that video I find the idea of modal jazz interesting. I’m going to see if I can pick up what they’re talking about on the next couple of spins.

It's probably just a very nice and chill record, and a pretty accessible entry to jazz, or that kind of style at least. I often feel that jazz is mostly music for other musicians to appreciate rather than a broader public, which is not a bad thing at all, but can leave many puzzled when going into the classics.

[hefdaddy42]

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

I picked it up cheap because it’s literally the most critically praised and popular jazz album in history. After one spin, I’m not sure I get it. So I watched a video on what “modal jazz” is in hopes I could understand what was happening a little more. I’m going to try a few more spins because after watching that video I find the idea of modal jazz interesting. I’m going to see if I can pick up what they’re talking about on the next couple of spins.

Do you listen to much jazz?  If not, this is NOT where I would suggest you to start.  Definitely a challenging listen.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

There are so many different strategies for getting into unfamiliar genres.  The depth one is certainly a possibility, picking a specific album, learning a lot about it, and really trying to explore it.  A diversification strategy can work, giving a shot to a number of other highly-regarded classics, say John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Dave Brubeck's Time Out, and Charles Mingus' Mingus Ah Um.  Other times it might work better to pick a specific slant to come in from, for example, there's a history of rock fans getting in through Bitches Brew, since it has more rock energy and guitar, or even fusion albums from Return To Forever, Mahavishu Orchestra and such. 

[jammindude]

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

I picked it up cheap because it’s literally the most critically praised and popular jazz album in history. After one spin, I’m not sure I get it. So I watched a video on what “modal jazz” is in hopes I could understand what was happening a little more. I’m going to try a few more spins because after watching that video I find the idea of modal jazz interesting. I’m going to see if I can pick up what they’re talking about on the next couple of spins.

Do you listen to much jazz?  If not, this is NOT where I would suggest you to start.  Definitely a challenging listen.

I have listened to some jazz, but this is my first dive into “modal jazz”.  I definitely get the impression that if you don’t know what’s going on it sounds fairly much like random noodling. But once I watched a video that explains how modal jazz was structured, it started to make a little bit more sense. I am fascinated by the idea, but it will take a few spins to decide if it’s some thing that resonates with me personally.

I basically chose that album because, let’s face it, it is kind of the dark side of the moon of its genre.

[Zantera]

Kind of Blue is fantastic but I'm more of a Bitches Brew guy myself. That kind of jazz fusion where the songs are long jams with an almost progressive feel to them are more interesting to me than the more laid back 'lounge jazz'.

[KevShmev]

Been an ugly, rainy day here in STL, good for these albums on the ear buds this afternoon at work:

Opeth - Pale Communion
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

[NoseofNicko]